Joel-

Moisture in the distributor is often a SYPMTOM rather than a problem, and
you don't want to occlusively seal the distributor.

What is he doing that gets his motor so wet? If the answer is "...fill in
something dumb here..." tell him to stop doing dumb things with his
vanagon. If the answer is "nothing", I'd suspect a one or more of the
following:

He drives a very short distance each day
He doesn't drive on the highway climb many hills
You live near a body of water
OR
He may have a head gasket leak (in which case his motor oil would resemble
mayonnaise).

If the problem is anyone (or a combination) of the first three, he should
consider car-pooling, riding his bike, walking, or combining errands with
his dive to work, to give the motor a chance to heat up completely. If this
goes on for long, his exhaust will rust out as well. If he has a head
gasket leak...welp...

Let me know how wrong I am. :)

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Shortlidge D Joel [SMTP:shortlid@JUNO.COM]
Sent:   Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:54 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        O-ring

        Hey my brother is getting moisture in the distributor.  We were
wondering if there was some way to seal the cap so It could not get in.

Joel
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